With F-Secure SENSE, the protection of connected objects in homes is finally secured.
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Rueil-Malmaison, may 18, 2017 – F-Secure now offers a solution to secure the connected home. F-Secure SENSE combines a Wi-Fi router secure and application security and advanced protection cloud at the cutting edge of technology. SENSE secures all your devices, computers or devices connected to the internet.
By the end of 2017, consumers will use 5.2 billion connected objects, according to Gartner.* This number is expected to more than double to reach $ 12.8 billion by 2020. These devices can often access some of the most intimate aspects of our lives and consumers are starting to worry about it. They feel anxious, or even helpless, in the face of the threats which they hear about on a daily basis. Unfortunately, the manufacturers of connected devices do too little to reassure them.
Mikko Hypponen, Chief Research Officer at F-Secure, is concerned that the manufacturers of devices for houses connected to repeating “the same mistakes that we had already corrected 20 years ago” on the PC market. The manufacturers neglect the importance of safety. At the same time, the connected objects is growing exponentially, and countless vulnerabilities appear. During his numerous public presentations in international, Mikko prevents often that ” the connected objects are a danger to the internet “. It attempts to raise consumer awareness of its ” law “, the Law Hypponen : “When a unit is described as being ‘intelligent’, you can consider it as ” vulnerable “.
Despite the risks, the connected devices offer unlimited potential. They can make our homes more comfortable, enjoyable and sustainable. This is why SENSE offers a layer of protection for these devices by associating three security technologies :
The router SENSE replaces all products of internet security in a connected home for all to protect, from desktop computers to phones, via smart tvs and baby monitors, against viruses and hackers.
The application SENSE manages the network, providing additional security features**
The cloud SENSE uses a cutting-edge technology in artificial intelligence to detect traffic of the devices of the houses are connected and the protect against the threats to the connected objects, and from hacker attacks.
“This is an exciting time for F-Secure and the security sector of connected objects,” says Perttu Tynkkynen, Vice President, Consumer Sales & Marketing at F-Secure. “Our sector has been developments almost every day. Shortly after launch, we plan to provide regular updates, with new features, to provide users with continuous protection in the face of the changing threat landscape. ”
F-Secure will deliver a first SENSE directly to its customers, and will deploy the product with 200 providers of Internet access and mobile telephony, which already offer security products of the company across the world.
“We are extremely pleased to launch F-Secure SENSE for our customers and operator partners,” said Kristian Järnefelt, Executive Vice President of Consumer Security. “Many of our operator partners are already seeking to secure the houses connected to it, and F-Secure is ideally placed to help carry out this strategy. By combining endpoint protection award-winning security that is based on the network and a router securely protected against the attacks (a feature which is lacking in many Wi-Fi routers traditional), SENSE offers an integrated solution that provides houses connected to the security which they lack, in a context of significant expansion of connected objects “.
Pricing and availability
F-Secure SENSE is available on the website f-secure.com and includes the hardware, software, as well as a 12-month subscription to the service for £ 199. Monthly subscriptions can be renewed after the second year for 9.90 euros per month.
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SENSE can be ordered from the following countries : Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States. Other countries will soon be available.
The devices and the software will be available sometime in the month of June. For more information, visit www.f-secure.com/sense.
*Source : press Release from Gartner, ” Gartner Says 8.4 Billion Connected “Things” Will Be in Use in 2017 “, 7 February 2017. http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3598917
** The features of network management and security will vary according to the platform.
About F-Secure
30 years of experience in cyber security. Always with the same engine : the innovation. The Finnish company now has unrivalled expertise in the fight against all the threats, infections such as ransomware in the cyber attacks advanced. To do this, F-Secure has developed a defence strategy sophisticated, which combines the power of machine learning and human expertise. The name of this unique approach : Live Security. F-Secure products are available through over 200 operators and thousands of resellers. They defend every day, tens of thousands of businesses and millions of individuals.
Founded in 1988, F-Secure is listed on NASDAQ (code OMX Helsinki Ltd).
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